Occupational Therapy
Play Partners Pty Ltd
- Service type:
- Allied Health Support
- AHP type:
- Occupational therapy
- Support category:
- educator upskilling
- family and parenting support
- group child support
- Primary AEDC domain:
- social competence
- Secondary AEDC domains:
- communication skills and general knowledge
- emotional maturity
- language and cognitive skills
- physical health and wellbeing
- Delivery location:
- Yorke and Mid North
- Delivery mode:
- in-person
- online live
- hybrid
- Program delivery:
- by supplier staff to groups of children, families or educators
- Tiered intervention:
- tier 1 universal whole service
- tier 2 targeted for specific cohorts or small groups
- Cost:
- moderate ($200-$2000 per person/item/hour)
Description
The occupational therapist can provide educator or parent coaching in fine motor skill, self-care and play skill development, social-emotional development and sensory regulation supporting readiness for school. Coaching can be provided as group education sessions or workshops with ongoing check in supports on request. The occupational therapist can provide small group intervention sessions focused on targeted skill developmentImproved embedded within everyday routines and play based activities.
- Improved ability to implement strategies to support social skills development.
- Improved ability to implement strategies to support gross and fine motor development.
- Improved ability to model and teach emotional regulation strategies.
- Ability to support diverse needs through inclusive practice.
How this is delivered
Educator or family coaching can be provided in a group or workshop setting incorporating 1–2 visits per term of 60-120 minutes. Delivered by an occupational therapist as an external facilitator, in collaboration with educators. Small groups interventions can include 2–5 children with sessions of 45-60 minutes, weekly for 6–8 weeks depending on intervention focus. Delivered by the occupational therapist within familiar learning environment, in collaboration with educators. Ongoing support provided through collaborative reviews. These reviews could be monthly or bimonthly drop in check or via telehealth for 30 minutes.
Cost
Cost per hour of allied health support is $250.00 per hour charged in 15-minute increments of $62.50. Travel is charged as a sum of time spent travelling @$250.00 per hour charged in 15-minute increments of $62.50 plus ATO rate per km.
Contact the provider
Contact name: Manager Play Partners
Contact email: playpartners@outlook.com
Contact phone: 0888421142
Contact website: https://www.playpartnersclare.com.au
About the organisation
Play Partners, based in Clare SA, is a multi-disciplinary allied health private practice supporting children, families and young adults with disability. Play Partners delivers speech pathology, occupational therapy and physiotherapy services at their centre in Clare and to outreach locations in the mid North of South Australia. Play Partners has a certified CPS (Collaborative Proactive Solutions) provider and utilises a team of allied health assistants to improve rural service delivery.